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Subject:Click or Press From:Debbie Stewart <Debbie_Stewart -at- SIECOR -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 5 Feb 1998 14:25:21 -0500
CLICK is to press and release a button on a pointing device, like a mouse,
while holding the pointer on the choice you are making. Click or double
click buttons on a screen. You can also SELECT choices on a screen.
PRESS is to press a key on a keyboard.
This is the most common understanding among readers per IBM dictionaries,
etc. Look at the many conventions used in many books! I would suggest your
vendor to really consider the readers and their needs.
